#AA962D#AA962D

#AA962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA962D
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -4.22, 54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 55.10, 94.39°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0172 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9589, 30.5496, 6.9061)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA962D #2D41AA

analogous

#AA582D #AA962D #80AA2D

triadic

#AA962D #2DAA96 #962DAA

tetradic

#AA962D #2DAA58 #2D41AA #AA2D80

square

#AA962D #2DAA58 #2D41AA #AA2D80

split-complementary

#AA962D #2D80AA #582DAA

monochromatic

#494113 #7A6B20 #AA962D #CEB846 #DBCB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AA962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AA962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA962D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA962D	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b46d',
    500: '#aa962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa962d;
$custom-light: #c7b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67209,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA962D

secondary

#707DC3

accent

#5FE146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA962D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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